Take Part: Latino Kids Are More Obese Than Their Peers for This Insidious Reason

January 18, 2016

A common complaint about modern kids is that they spend too much time indoors watching television or racking up points on the latest video game-all while noshing on a bag of chips or some other unhealthy junk food.  The commonsense alternative to all this screen time, healthy advocates say is to send youngsters outside where […]

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UT Nursing partners with AVANCE for school-based pediatric clinic

March 6, 2015

Two hundred children who attend the AVANCE-San Antonio Head Start program at Fenley Center will receive on-site health care through a new nurse-led clinic at the school. The Fenley Center is a child-development campus in the Harlandale Independent School District.




A gift of heart, a healthy baby

February 18, 2015

HeartGift is the UT Health Science Center and University Health System’s collaborative effort to provide life-saving surgeries to children with congenital heart disease.


The gift of heart

February 13, 2015

Partnering to bring hope and healing to children with congenital heart defects